Daming Haikou

Big Yellow Island is much larger than Little Yellow Island where Ma Face and the others were located. The area of ​​the island is at least ten times larger than Little Yellow Island, and it is only about ten nautical miles away from Little Yellow Island. Originally, this place should be a very suitable place. The island where I lived, but because pirates were rampant on the sea after the early Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty implemented a policy of banning the sea, the original residents of the island have moved away, and this place has become a deserted island again.

From the beginning of Ming Dynasty to the present, according to Liu Laoliu, fishermen lived intermittently on the island, but later either they were harmed by pirates and could not live, or they were forced to move to the mainland by the government. It has become a place where pirates at sea often settle down.

More than ten years ago, Dahuang Island was still occupied by a group of large-scale pirates. A cottage was built on the island, and a wharf water village was built. The number of pirates was nearly a thousand at the time, but later this group of pirates harassed Zhejiang At that time, it was almost wiped out by the government army, and the pirates on the island disappeared. After the Fuzhou Navy sent troops to attack here again, the remaining pirates abandoned it, and it has become a deserted island again since then.

This time, after everyone on Xiaohuang Island abandoned Xiaohuang Island, they happened to move to the nearby Dahuang Island as a temporary place to stay, which is quite good.

Just when Xiaotian and others were trying to go ashore to rescue Erya, Li Gouzi and others did not stay idle on Dahuang Island. They used the trees on the island to cut down some trees, and collected some thatch. Several sheds were built on the hillside near the shore for the people on the island to temporarily shelter from the wind and rain. In addition, they also found three small caves on the nearby hills, which can also be used to stockpile supplies, and they also found a nearby The water pool, found that the water in the pool is fresh water, fully available for their use.

So when Yu Xiaotian brought the boat back this time, the living conditions had already been issued here, at least Yu Xiaotian didn't have to worry about these trivial matters anymore.

Although Li Gouzi is a little timid, he also has his strengths, that is, he is more careful and diligent in doing things. When he was on Xiaohuang Island before, he was responsible for many chores on the island , here to leave him on Dahuang Island to watch the house, in fact, he has chosen the right person.

After Yu Xiaotian settled Erya, and handed her over to several women to take care of her, he followed Li Gouzi around the island, and was quite satisfied with what Li Gouzi led people to do. There was a slight movement in my heart, and I felt that Li Gouzi might not be able to do other things, but he was a good candidate to be in charge of logistics and the like. Moreover, Ma Lian and the others said that Li Gouzi had read books for a few days when he was a child, and he was also a good candidate. Knowing a few words, writing and doing calculations can do the math, so I secretly wrote it down.

After everyone settled down, a celebration banquet was held at the temporary residence that night. After they came back, they took a careful inventory. This time they brought back a total of more than 760 taels of silver and more than [-] taels of gold from Jiang Baihu's house. There are some gold and silver jewellery, and there are also some bronze wares such as lampstands, copper basins, and incense burners. Originally, everyone brought out some silk and satin and high-quality porcelain, but because they were in a hurry on the road, these things were relatively small. It was bulky and was discarded a lot.

In addition to these belongings, they also brought back two horses, a mule and two donkeys from Jiang Baihu's house, and five women, one of which was Jiang Baihu's concubine, and the other four belonged to his family. At least let the young bachelors on the island see the hope of marrying wives.

It's a pity that they were too hasty in the Jiang family. They were eager to leave, and they didn't have any old ones and searched carefully. So when they came back and thought about it carefully, they could be sure that the Jiang family didn't only have such a collection of less than a thousand taels of silver, but now they regret it. It was too late to regret it, otherwise, they would probably be able to copy more real money and bring it back.

But even so, in the past, this group of people on the island dare not even think about it. One day they will get so much white money, so after returning to the island, including the old guys like Ma Lian , Everyone looked at these things, all of them were extremely happy, and they laughed like they couldn't see their teeth, and they wished they could sleep with their arms around these things.

Now that they have so much money, they are no longer as stingy as before. According to Ma Lian's instructions, they took out all the limited wine and meat hidden on the island, and used the shabby boat near the sea The small fishing boat disembarked, caught a few sea fish, and held a celebration banquet by the sea.

While eating and drinking, everyone bragged to those who stayed behind how they entered Jiang Baihu's house, how they overthrew the servants of Jiang Baihu's house, and how they found out Fatty Jiang, how did Erya and Yu Xiaotian kill Fatty Jiang in the end... It seems that they all became heroes, but no one said anything about their embarrassment.

Only the few younger generations left behind on the island were so envious that they would die one by one, and secretly regretted that they were not selected to go to land with Yu Xiaotian, but now they can only stare blankly and listen to other people's bragging .

However, this group of people still haven't forgotten why they were able to succeed this time and why they did it, and they didn't forget to give a vivid description of Yu Xiaotian's supernatural power they saw.

In short, everyone who participated in the sneak attack on the Jiang family compound praised Xiaotian's scheming and brave performance, especially those younger generations who completely regarded Xiaotian as their boss, and kept going. Stand up and toast Yu Xiaotian.

But after the banquet started, Yu Xiaotian didn't show much joy. From the moment he got on the boat to this moment, his complexion was not very good.

With a bowl of rice wine on the horse's face, he respected Yu Xiaotian and said: "Brother Yu, today we big guys have accomplished a lot. Not only have we saved Erya, but we have also killed that damned Jiang Baihu and got back so much money. Why are you always depressed? Come on, come on, after drinking this glass of wine, to be honest in my life, there are not many people who admire me, but today I have convinced you! If it weren't for you, This time, Man said that he saved Erya and killed Jiang Baihu, so even if we go, it will be for nothing!"

Yu Xiaotian took the wine from Ma Mian, looked at the people around with a wry smile, and put down the wine bowl again, Ma Mian saw Yu Xiaotian's complexion was not good, so he continued: "Brother Yu, you What is it for? If you want to say that today is a happy event, why are you so unhappy? Is there something unpleasant? Tell the big guys to listen!"

Without waiting for Xiaotian to speak, Liu Laoliu stood up first, cupped his fists and said to everyone present: "Malian, don't rush to ask why Xiaotian is unhappy, I have something to say! And everyone Listen! Big guys, can you listen to me, Liu Laoliu?"

Everyone saw that Liu Laoliu had a happy face and stood up to speak, so they all fell silent and turned their eyes to Liu Laoliu.

Seeing that everyone was quiet, Liu Laoliu slowly walked into the circle, first glanced at Yu Xiaotian, then glanced at everyone, and then said: "You young men! My Liu The sixth child can be regarded as a person who has had a few more years of food! Now that the matter has come to this, I have to say something clearly!

This time, the big guy helped my surname Liu to rescue my daughter. I, Liu Lao Liu, thank you here, and I, Liu Lao Liu, can't thank you enough!

But the big guys don’t know if they have thought about it. Last night we killed Jiang Baihu’s house, killed Jiang Baihu, and even robbed Jiang’s family. Who is this Jiang Baihu?He is an official anyway!What we are doing is killing officials and rebelling. If we are caught by the government, we will be beheaded and punish the nine clans! "

Having said that, Liu Laoliu paused for a moment. After hearing this, everyone in the room immediately stiffened their expressions. At first, they did this with great courage and enthusiasm, but the big guy didn't pay attention to it. After thinking about the consequences of this matter, now after hearing what Liu Laoliu said, he thought about what they did.

Seeing everyone's expressions, Liu Laoliu continued, "That's why we are not as simple as ordinary people when we were in Xiaohuangdao! To put it bluntly, let's just stop doing this now." After a while, to put it bluntly, we have become thieves! To put it bluntly, we are going to sea!

The reason why Liu Laoliu said this is to remind everyone that since the matter has come to this point, there is no way out if you want to regret it, and you will be begging for life in this sea from now on!

But it's not just talking about living at sea!Even if you fall into a bandit, you must at least understand it first, what should we do now!Is it to find someone to take refuge in and do it for others?Or simply let's do it ourselves!

No matter what it is, we have to have the final say in the future, who will take the lead, and whose orders will we listen to from now on?Who will take us to work?

If even the big guys are confused about this matter, it's not that I, Liu Laoliu, are making fun of everyone. Don't look at the big guys so happy at the moment, they are just having fun!I'm afraid we can't be happy for a few days!

Therefore, taking this opportunity today, I, Liu Laoliu, will start talking about this matter!The big guys are also weighing in their hearts, who should be in charge of this family, and who can afford it! "

Having said that, Liu Laoliu stopped again and looked around at the people around him.

When everyone heard this, they all put away the smiles on their faces, because what Liu Laoliu said was right, it was indeed too early for them to be happy now, now that they have committed such a case, if they want to clean up their lives from now on, I'm afraid It's too late.

What they should do in the future is indeed a matter for them to consider, so everyone immediately whispered to each other, discussing the way out in the future.

After a long while, Ma Lian shook his head on behalf of the crowd and said, "In my opinion, we have a boat right now, so why do we need someone to take refuge in? Could it be possible for us to use this boat, this cargo, and our more than 30 heads to serve others? Why can’t others do it if it’s too cheap? Simply, let’s raise the banner and pull it down by ourselves! Who hasn’t been doing this business since childhood? Why can’t we do it ourselves?”

After hearing this, everyone nodded their heads and said yes, and they shouted for a while to do it themselves, but after talking for a long time, everyone's conversations were focused on who should be their helmsman. Opinions are more inclined to the two old guys Ma Mian and Liu Laoliu.

But Ma Lian shook his head like a rattle: "Go, go! Don't let me drive ducks to the shelves, I can't do this tiller! I can't handle it with my heart alone, and I want to live a few more days." I can't do this tiller!"

Liu Laoliu also shook his head and smiled, "Don't worry about it! Don't flatter your sixth uncle! This helm is not something your sixth uncle can afford! But I have someone to choose! I just don't know everyone Will you or not!"

After finishing speaking, Liu Laoliu slowly cast his eyes on Yu Xiaotian who was sitting in the middle, and all the people present followed him to focus on Yu Xiaotian.

"I don't think there's much need to discuss this matter. From Liu Lao Liu's point of view, among us, only brother Xiaotian can be the helmsman. I don't know if you have any opinions!" Liu Lao Liu He pointed his finger at Yu Xiaotian and said loudly.

(Tragedy! I never thought of it yesterday, but I would still be chrysanthemum exploded! I am dizzy! Where are the red tickets? Where have all the red tickets in the hands of the brothers gone? Hurry up and smash them down!)